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Try to put the typical LA tanned, fake-boobed, scumbag Hollywood types out of your mind for a moment. Let’s direct our attention instead to the younger and much cooler Echo Park/Los Feliz kids. You’ll most likely find them all squeezed together at a sleazy karaoke bar in Korea Town at 4 AM, arms around each other, cheerily singing the theme song from Arthur (“If you get caught between the moon and New York Ciiiity”) at the tops of their lungs.
For girls, the younger and cuter you can make yourself look, the better. Throw together a pair of frilly ankle socks with open-toed heels and the shortest dress you can find and you’re gold. These girls all went to private school, have lots of money, and love brands like Jovovich-Hawk, Anna Sui, and Vivienne Westwood. They’ll also wear chunky high heels by Chloé with every outfit even if it kills them.
Then you have your earthy/folksy girls. Grandma dresses are huge out West and these girls know where to find them for literally nothing. The closer their duds resemble a multicolored potato sack, the better. This look is best pulled off with a pair of strappy leather sandals or brown, old-lady, orthopedic-type shoes. Maybe even throw in a pair of high-waisted mom shorts to mix things up every now and then. It sounds awful but damn if they don’t pull it off. These gals always hail from Northern Cali or random states like Tennessee, and they like to participate in sing-alongs and drop acid in the desert.
For guys there are a lot of similarities between the different looks. First and foremost, they like to wear skintight jeans from APC. It’s basically a crime to shop anywhere else for denim. And prepare for lots of dirty looks if you try to wear anything with a waistline that drops below your ass. Every now and then a guy will put on a pair of thick, black-rimmed Buddy Holly glasses (without prescription lenses, of course) in order to achieve “the dorky/funny guy” look that most young LA girls swoon over. Most of these kinds of guys are either guitarists in a rock bands or sensitive writers. They love movies like The Long Goodbye and listen to lots of Belle and Sebastian in their downtime. They also tend to have small bottles of Johnnie Walker (Black Label only!) hidden in their inside jacket pockets. |
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| Photos: Travis Schneider; stylist: Ivy Jarrin at Margaret Maldonado Agency; text: Annette Lamothe-Ramos. Boys: Kyler Aszterbaum shirt from Scout, Cheap Monday jeans, Puma shoes, necklace from Xin; APC jacket, Rodan vs. Griffith shirt and jeans, Converse shoes; Fred Perry sweater, Morphine Generation shirt, Levi’s jeans, Gram Design sneakers. Girls: Bridgid Catiis dress, Alexander McQueen sandals, necklaces by White Trash Charms, Lachana, and Crunchy Jewels, earrings from Xin, hat from Urban Outfitters, Revolver dress, Betsey Johnson socks, Pierre Hardy shoes, all jewelry by White Trash Charms; L’ecole des Femmes shirt, sass & bide shorts, Robert Geller suspenders, Pierre Hardy shoes, Jessica Elliot bracelets, White Trash Charms earrings. |
TO BE CONTINUED
GLOBAL TREND REPORT 2008 | New York | LA | London | Amsterdam | Helsinki | Montreal | Tokyo | Paris | Melbourne | New Zealand | Berlin | Barcelona | Copenhagen | Stockholm | Milan | Antwerp | Vienna |
COMMENTS
Anonymous, on Jul 9, 2008 wrote:
As a westsider who rarely ventures to echo park and sees the fake tan/fake boob stereotype every day (as well as the hippie-in-a-grandma-dress stereotype) I was not aware the girl’s look on the top right was a trend. Frankly that scares me because I dress like that and thought the ankle socks with high heels and heart glasses was my own little thing. Thanks for telling me the truth, Vice. | |
| Taeil, on Jun 25, 2008 wrote:
"Let’s direct our attention instead to the younger and much cooler Echo Park/Los Feliz kids."
Whoever wrote this must die. | |
Date: May 03 2008 05:16:20 PM
Author: hmmm
Gotta say, when I was in NY and Florida this year I saw way more fake boobs, botox and freaky face lifts than in LA. But hey, if you're totally lazy writer who can't take the time to find out what's really going on, go with a stereotype.
Date: May 02 2008 10:52:41 PM
Author: naveline
These girls look like pregnant shit.
And I tried crack, it's not that great.
Date: Apr 28 2008 04:49:40 PM
Author: RICK SANDERS
LOOK AT YOU GOONS YAPPIN ABOUT TRENDS ALL OF YOU R FOLLOWERS. MAG TELLS U SOMETHINGS COOL
YOU ALL RUN OUT AND GET IT THINKING URE UNIQUE BUT U LOOK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE CANT WAIT
UNTIL SOMEONE SAYS CRACK IS COOL THEN I BET ALL OF U TRENDY FOLKS JUMP ON THAT TIP TOO
Date: Apr 28 2008 11:40:21 AM
Author: flump
Well smart guy, if it's been consistent for the past 25 years it's not really a trend now, is it?
Date: Apr 24 2008 03:02:07 PM
Author: Sinbad
Where's the fuckin' hard-ass cholos with the shaved heads and oversized pants. That style has been consistent for the past 25 years. I also expected to see a lot more American Apparel, nicely done.
Date: Apr 23 2008 12:17:06 AM
Author: Gorsh
Remember kids (and VICE).... it's not WHAT you wear, it's WHY you wear it.
Date: Apr 22 2008 05:47:28 PM
Author: timmy
HOW YOU GONNA MENTION ECHO PARK AND HAVE A BUNCH OF WHITE KIDS IN THE PICTURE
Date: Apr 21 2008 05:01:22 PM
Author: Marcos
blogs-losangeles.metromix.com/vmix_hosted_apps/66/post/2387/
Date: Apr 21 2008 11:34:05 AM
Author: m
the guy at the top is missing his 70's leather jacket and fedora. and where is the girl who wears Ugg boots with her mini skirt in 70 degree weather? i'm speaking as a tourist, but those are the only "styles" that stuck out at me. everyone else just seemed pretty laid-back and unpretentious. kinda refreshing.
ps. Ole Joe is amazing.
Date: Apr 15 2008 07:56:39 PM
Author: <3
tanned and fake boobed, or acessorized fake boobs (that guy in the lower left is a boob if ever i saw one), everyone just wants to be accepted! don't hate! some people just happen to express their vulnerabilities in bad taste, or their need to belong to something cool in an easy to follow recipe of, um, clothes... you know, everyone just wants to be loved. right?
Date: Apr 15 2008 07:47:00 PM
Author: angelino
haha! styled models = LA fashion! vice is still good for a laugh, and that's all it ever was.
Date: Apr 15 2008 12:00:27 AM
Author: Ole'Joe
I'll bet those girls are nice. Especially the first and last. The middle girl seems really great, but by God couldn't you just stay up crying for the rest of your life thinking about how wonderful and swell the first and last girls are. I'd cut off my legs and head to have a chance just to squeeze one of those cherubs. If I ever met that last girl, let's guess her name was something like Don or John, you know, the Jean Seberg looking one. Well heck everybody I'll tell you, I'd walk my arms right around her waist and cry into her mouth so she could drink the pain my love had caused me from the first time she entered my site. I'd say, "Don, by God," By God I'd say, "If my future is more than five feet from you I'll piss!" It'd be romantic as candles.
And the other one. That whole other first girl, the Lolita looking pixie one. Probably called Caballison or some such thing. Probably lives in a tree house. Probably is the cure for cancer. Well by God, and only if he would grace me with a minute of that minkerdinks time I'd say, "Caballison, you damned heartreaking genius. I'll marry you tomorrow if only you'll have me." Then I'll bet the three of us would just grab each others hands and sing until the sun died, just loving the shit out of each other. Hells bells I say the glass is half awesome with these two babies.
And I'll bet that middle girl is nice too.
Date: Apr 13 2008 02:56:55 PM
Author: ummmersss...
jovovich-hawke is sold at target. is that really where all the cool kids shop now?
Date: Apr 12 2008 11:51:13 PM
Author: ice chip
saying "whatever happened to silver lake?" is like asking what happened to melrose. it got expensive, stupid. places like retail slut that charge 7$ for a snood aren't cool, they exist practically on the basis of tourist traffic. try moving to culver city, at the rate L.A. is running towards the doggie dish, i'm sure it will be the hip place to be in 2009.
Date: Apr 12 2008 04:08:04 PM
Author: lame
the only two who actually pull it off are the the couple across from eachother. the guy in the beige and the hippy girl. the rest look fucking retarded. and the writing is shit. how about you use real writers insted of just having your fashion editor pretend like she knows what shes doing.
Date: Apr 12 2008 02:49:08 AM
Author: California...
Yuck. Fuck the coasts. Up the midwest. Hands off our plaid.
Date: Apr 11 2008 03:15:23 PM
Author: North of Sunset, west of Glendale 4ever
I can't believe you called the 'cool' LA scene 'Echo Park/Los Feliz'--what happened to Silver Lake, fuckers??! Hel-lo, *we're* the cool neighborhood. Echo Park has the overrated, rat-infested Brite-Spot and the gangs--oooh, I'm scared!! And Los Feliz has the Hollywood trash you so loathe (ie. writers and aktors) and shades of memories of a coffee house that you probably don't even know existed (Onyx), but Silver Lake? Still kewl, still hep, still rockin' like EYEHATEGOD. Plus, we have the best 7-11 west of the Mississippi. Apparently, you have a beef with the Lake. FUCK YOU DON'T!
Sincerely yours,
-Effie & Occidental
Date: Apr 11 2008 01:36:38 PM
Author: nibby
hey whoa below me,kiddo.you're still gpnna care about 'neighborhoods' and 'rich kids' in your thirties,believe me.
you'll be there before you know it-probably a little wider in the waistband and wearing skinny jeans as part of the noughties revival looking just as ridiculous as the thirty year olds who do that now.
i'll put that bullet in your head if you want,presuming my alzheimers allows me to point a gun...
Date: Apr 11 2008 12:28:51 PM
Author: herbert
vice people. i know you guys think you're so in the know and maybe consulted 'amazing' fashion designers like ben cho or whatever.. but my experience tells me that when vice reports / pushes any fashion trend it's essentially the kiss of death for that look / style. yeah, for reals. ya'll know that it's true, too.. who wants to look like a vice robot? no thanks.
Date: Apr 11 2008 07:00:27 AM
Author: whoa
"i am so glad i am in my late thirties
FUCK VICE"
Easy there, gramps. Don't want to end up with another prolapse situation next time you use the bathroom.
If I still care about "rich kids" and "neighborhoods" when I'm in my late 30s I sincerely hope one of my friends puts a bullet in my head. If I still have any that is.
Date: Apr 10 2008 11:30:51 PM
Author: fuck you
it is exactly this SHIT publication and its SHIT editors that has DESTROYED silver lake/echo park. ten years ago people lived there who wouldn't be caught DEAD reading this corporate SHIT publication.
this isn't style, it's boring, it's label rich kid bullshit. so sad so sad
i hate this shit magazine
fuck OFF
don't come to this already embalmed neighborhood!!
so sad.
i am so glad i am in my late thirties
FUCK VICE
Date: Apr 10 2008 07:27:34 PM
Author: onasuss
it's utterly ridiculous how devoid of style the people you all report are. they all look the fucking same. and those jeans? come on. no one is going to be wearing those in a year's time and then these dudes are gonna have a dresser full of $400 tight jeans. do you people even notice that not everyone is trying to look cool (i.e. look exactly the fucking same).
Date: Apr 10 2008 03:55:23 PM
Author: nibby
it's funny when you fart through freshly laundered trousers and there's a washing powder tint to the poo smell.
oh yeah-skinny jeans.
Date: Apr 10 2008 03:25:32 PM
Author: Seriously
This is embaressing.
Date: Apr 10 2008 01:25:55 PM
Author: FAT-ASS
I WISH I WAS DAT SKINNY DAMN
Date: Apr 10 2008 12:43:18 PM
Author: Sicko
I am sick of these shitheads.. Echo Park/ Los Feliz and doing what? Refreshment Coordinator on movie sets no doubt. I hate hipsters. The older I get the more lame they look. What's up with those stupid glasses and the Han Solo vest? The jewish guy looks like a scumbag. the hippy girl is stupid and needs a heroin habit to bring here back to reality. Just like f'ing Williamsburg. All those arty fucks are poseurs.
Date: Apr 10 2008 12:31:41 PM
Author: mecha-buddha
los feliz/echo park/silver lake? some other piece of shite east coast rag did that shit 3 years ago and nobody cared then either. typical to spend a weekend in silver lake and think you know what's up in LA. go to fucking boyle heights or west adams if you want to know what's up, dickcheese. hopefully someone will bust one in your sorry ass.
and for all you NY suck ups. stay there. stop sending your asswipe retard cousins out here to fuck up the traffic.
Date: Apr 10 2008 11:37:56 AM
Author: guy that lives in los feliz
better or worse, pretty accurate. particularly on the b&s listening douchebags w/ fake glasses.
Date: Apr 10 2008 11:33:27 AM
Author: poo
bad form - i'm in LA and you make me want to punch myself in the face. listen everyone it's not as douche as this seems and the fashion here as everyone know is mostly blah with the "indie" kids. i dig into jet rag's piles every week for dollar shirts and jackets not at some boutique in silverlake because i'm poor. Granted, you will see me at 4AM in Ktown singing as loudly as I want, smoking inside (because it's awesome and sketchy like that), and enjoying my time here.
cheers.
Date: Apr 09 2008 11:19:24 PM
Author: confused
so you hate LA and NY fashion. why can't something ever look good, why all the sarcasm?
Date: Apr 09 2008 10:58:53 PM
Author: *
So very lame, so little time. Oh my this sucks. Not LA. Not Vice. But both. The Nu LA Vice.
It's actually quite sad (but so very interesting) witnessing a once-decent mag flush itself down the toilet like this. In a shite Los Angeles/MTV sort of way no less...
Good riddance, Vice.
Date: Apr 09 2008 10:57:17 PM
Author: Mark Douglas Innes
...poor article.
Date: Apr 09 2008 10:41:28 PM
Author: jonathan
the hippy girl is hot, so is the lolita one kinda
Date: Apr 09 2008 09:15:28 PM
Author: Boulderfist WoW
Los Feliz/ Echo Park/ Silverlake are the worst places in NeLA they might as well be... I dunno even know some place on the other side of town or whereever the fuck?!?!?
Date: Apr 09 2008 07:12:37 PM
Author: Narcs
Skinny jeans and Buddy Holly glasses? ...yo, you mislabeled this shit, this is "Global Trend Report '06: Urban Outfitters in Cleveland, Ohio"
Date: Apr 09 2008 06:30:28 PM
Author: papichulo
Im sorry these LA guys look more homoerotique than the new york guys...and I like the lesbo fem looks on the NY side. LA just looks like....um Urban Outfitters. Blah
Date: Apr 09 2008 06:23:10 PM
Author: LCpl K
Lee Ving of FEAR (LA's finest) said it best.
New York's all right... If you're a homosexual.
California just does it better.
Date: Apr 09 2008 03:46:09 PM
Author: interview?
what are you talking about?
Date: Apr 09 2008 03:37:01 PM
Author: I LIKE
Try to put the typical LA tanned, fake-boobed, scumbag Hollywood types out of your mind for a moment. Let’s direct our attention instead to the younger and much cooler Echo Park/Los Feliz kids. You’ll most likely find them all squeezed together at a sleazy karaoke bar in Korea Town at 4 AM, arms around each other, cheerily singing the theme song from Arthur (“If you get caught between the moon and New York Ciiiity”) at the tops of their lungs.
For girls, the younger and cuter you can make yourself look, the better. Throw together a pair of frilly ankle socks with open-toed heels and the shortest dress you can find and you’re gold. These girls all went to private school, have lots of money, and love brands like Jovovich-Hawk, Anna Sui, and Vivienne Westwood. They’ll also wear chunky high heels by Chloé with every outfit even if it kills them.
Then you have your earthy/folksy girls. Grandma dresses are huge out West and these girls know where to find them for literally nothing. The closer their duds resemble a multicolored potato sack, the better. This look is best pulled off with a pair of strappy leather sandals or brown, old-lady, orthopedic-type shoes. Maybe even throw in a pair of high-waisted mom shorts to mix things up every now and then. It sounds awful but damn if they don’t pull it off. These gals always hail from Northern Cali or random states like Tennessee, and they like to participate in sing-alongs and drop acid in the desert.
For guys there are a lot of similarities between the different looks. First and foremost, they like to wear skintight jeans from APC. It’s basically a crime to shop anywhere else for denim. And prepare for lots of dirty looks if you try to wear anything with a waistline that drops below your ass. Every now and then a guy will put on a pair of thick, black-rimmed Buddy Holly glasses (without prescription lenses, of course) in order to achieve “the dorky/funny guy” look that most young LA girls swoon over. Most of these kinds of guys are either guitarists in a rock bands or sensitive writers. They love movies like The Long Goodbye and listen to lots of Belle and Sebastian in their downtime. They also tend to have small bottles of Johnnie Walker (Black Label only!) hidden in their inside jacket pockets.
Date: Apr 09 2008 02:46:23 PM
Author: Feo
I am sorry, but New York wins again. Sorry LA!
Date: Apr 09 2008 02:27:47 PM
Author: Lame
So you interviewed 2 people and concluded your study?
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